Chu Zhongtian returned to China on June 17th, and there was still a whole month before the opening of the 2004 Asian Cup in China.

Just as he and Yang Yang boarded a flight from London to Beijing, the Chinese Football Association also announced the list of national football teams to go to the Asian Cup in Beijing.

The online appeals of Chinese fans did not affect the decision-making of the Football Association - to be honest, it would be a blessing that Chinese fans could affect the Football Association.

Neither Dong Fangzhuo nor Chu Zhongtian were selected. However, they did not express much disappointment or dissatisfaction with this result. In fact, these two people were selected for the national team, just a beautiful fantasy of the fans. From a practical perspective, they were not qualified to be selected for the national team, especially in such an important competition.

Xu Xiaodi was a little regretful because it meant that Chu Zhongtian was a little farther from the labor permit.

The Asian Cup is about to begin in one month, and football is becoming more and more popular in China. Many people are looking forward to the national team winning the championship in the local area. This is the first major international event championship in the history of the Chinese team...

It's really pitiful to say that the football team of New China has been established for decades and has achieved very few results in international competitions. Not to mention the difficult events like the World Cup and the Olympics, it is a luxury to be able to go around a lap, and it can only satisfy the luxury to be once every decade. In the Asian Cup competition, the best result of the Chinese team is only the runner-up. That was twenty years ago, in 1984, the 8th Asian Cup held in Singapore, the Chinese team reached the finals and finally lost to the Saudi Arabian team.

This year, the Chinese team plays at home, taking up all the right time, place, and people, and is considered an excellent opportunity to surpass the past to create history.

However, these have little to do with Chu Zhongtian. If nothing unexpected happens, he will be in the UK by then and he will not be able to watch live TV. Britain is not China. He is so concerned about a football match that is not in this continent, and he is promoting it, and sending the strongest team to broadcast the entire process.

He hopes that the Chinese team can achieve good results in the Asian Cup, because in that way, more people in China will like football. In addition, as a Chinese, I still hope that the football in my country will be good...

After eleven hours of flight with Yang Yang, Chu Zhongtian and others arrived at Beijing International Airport.

Chu Zhongtian will directly transfer back to Chengdu from here, while Yang Yang will have to play in Beijing for a while, and he has relatives here.

"Goodbye, Da Chu." Yang Yang was reluctant to part when he was taking the luggage. I don't know when he would see him again this time. "I'm very happy to be your roommate for three years. I will miss the food you cook..."

Chu Zhongtian laughed: "Let's learn to take care of yourself quickly, Lao Yang. Or find a girl who is willing to take care of you."

"I can do it, but she must be able to achieve your skills so that my stomach may adapt." He walked up to him and hugged Chu Zhongtian and said goodbye.

Chu Zhongtian, who was held in Yang Yang's arms, said softly: "You are really a mother, Lao Yang..."

"Die!" Yang Yang let go and patted him.

Chu Zhongtian smiled and didn't hide. "I'm leaving, goodbye, Lao Yang."

Yang Yang waved to him.

"When you find a job and stabilize it, you must contact me. Pay attention to sports news and newspapers, and you should know how to find me... I really don't know where I will be in the future."

Chu Zhongtian walked away and turned around. When he saw Yang Yang standing at the exit, he found that he turned around and waved his hand again.

Chu Zhongtian never looked back and got involved in the crowd to buy air tickets from Beijing to Chengdu.

After he bought the air ticket, there were still three hours before boarding time. He did not go to the cafes in the airport to rest because the consumption there was too expensive. He called his father first, told him the time of the plane taking off and arriving in Chengdu, and then reported safety and told him not to worry. Then he carried his luggage directly through the security checkpoint and waited for boarding at the designated waiting gate of the ticket.

The boarding gate where he was was just about to start boarding, but it was not his flight. When he pulled his box and carried his bag, the passengers were lined up. There were large areas of empty seats, and he walked straight over and found a seat to sit down.

Soon all the passengers queuing up to board the plane were gone, and the ticket checkered the staff took a look at Chu Zhongtian, who was still sitting on the chair and had no intention of getting up.

Chu Zhongtian did not notice other people's gaze. He sat alone on the chair, looking at the empty boarding gate. He remembered his farewell to Yang Yang just now.

He said goodbye to his friends in the UK one by one, which felt very much like his situation at this time - both empty and left and right, and nothing else except himself and a few pieces of luggage.

This feeling of loneliness is really bad...

It was just like the feeling I felt at Heathrow Airport after I went from China to London. But that time I was surrounded by people, but I was a stranger who had nothing to do with me.

Chu Zhongtian sat on a chair like this. The airport radio above his head called for passengers who had not boarded several times to invite him to board the plane at the boarding gate where he was, but he did not respond. Later, the radio stopped, and later there were more and more people around him, and some passengers with Sichuan accent appeared, and their destination was obviously the same as him.

The empty boarding gate became angry, and Chu Zhongtian looked up and observed the people who were walking with him. These people had the same appearance and the same local accent as him. He finally felt that he was going home.

Finally, the English slang no longer sounded around my ears, but "What's wrong with you?" "Hurry up!" "The plane will definitely be late, don't worry..." "My god, why aren't it late now?"...

Feel good.

Chu Zhongtian laughed silently.

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Chu Zuosheng asked for leave from the unit and came to Shuangliu Airport to pick up his son. His son didn't have a cell phone, but after arriving at the North Pole, he called him on a public phone, reported his safety, and told him what time the air ticket to Chengdu was.

He came to the airport terminal two hours earlier than expected to arrive in Chengdu, waiting to pick him up.

But he found that there are a lot of passengers today.

There were many young people gathered on one side, and there seemed to be a leader among them. There were a few girls holding a few bouquets of flowers in their hands, obviously waiting to welcome someone.

In addition, he saw several reporters holding professional cameras...

Could there be any celebrity coming to Chengdu for a concert today?

As he thought so, he heard a surprise shout from the side: "Mr. Chu!"

Looking back, he was an acquaintance - Gao Jie, a reporter from Xichuan Metropolis Daily.

"Xiao Gao? Why are you here?"

Gao Jie came up and smiled at him: "It's because of your son, Mr. Chu."

He pointed to the group of young people behind him and his colleagues. "These people are all here to welcome your son home, Mr. Chu."

"Ah?" Chu Zuosheng was a little surprised.

"They are all fans of your son!" Gao Jie smiled. "As for me, of course I am here to interview your son and report on his return home news."

"Just go home..." Chu Zuosheng didn't expect such a scene.

"If your son has not signed a professional club, we will not come, Mr. Chu. Now his identity is different. He is a professional player playing football in Europe and a local from Chengdu. Of course, we need to promote it carefully. Mr. Chu, there will be many such scenes in the future."

Chu Zuosheng looked at the group of young people, most of them were boys, but although there were few girls, they were pretty...

For Gao Jie, this was a great opportunity to approach Chu Zhongtian. He leaned over and asked, "How are you going back later, Mr. Chu?"

"Take a taxi..." Chu Zuosheng had planned to take the airport bus to Minshan Hotel in the city before, and then transfer to the bus home. But after looking at the situation, he felt that taking the bus seemed to be a very unrealistic way, so he had to spend a few dozen yuan to get a luxury.

This is what Gao Jie wanted. He immediately said attentively: "Come on my car, I'll take you home directly!"

"This..." Chu Zuosheng looked at the young man, "It's not so good..."

"I don't have anything wrong. I'm going to go back to the city anyway, so it's just right."

Compared with other reporters, because he had helped Chu Zuosheng solve the problem of leaking their private information on the website, Gao Jie and Chu Zuosheng had to be closer.

"Besides, look at this situation." Gao Jie pointed to the fan club and reporters. "It's more convenient to take my car back. Chu Zhongtian is tired from traveling, so it's the most important thing to go home first."

Chu Zuosheng was convinced by him. In fact, he knew what Gao Jie was doing so attentively, but he had helped him, and even if he asked him to interview his son, it would be no big deal. Anyway, he had already made mental preparations. This time, when his son returned to China, many media would definitely come to him to interview him. Instead of being interviewed by those reporters, it would be better to find a reporter whom he is more familiar with. Gao Jie obviously met this requirement.

When the electronic display sign at the exit scrolled and indicated that the flight from Beijing to Chengdu was landing, the young people who had been waiting for a long time cheered among them.

Their hero Chu Zhongtian has finally returned home!

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When Chu Zhongtian went to pick up his luggage, he saw a lot of people around the exit, which was beyond the average pick-up scale. Then he saw his father in the crowd. He waved to his father and saw the flashing lights in the crowd.

It attracted others to look at each other.

Chu Zhongtian then realized that he was - it turns out that these people were here to pick him up?

He quickly said hello to his father, pointed to the conveyor belt that was taking his luggage, and ran over to get his luggage.

When he walked out again, he was surrounded by people with two suitcases and a huge backpack. The airport security guards had to come forward and ask the group to change places and not block the passengers leaving the station behind. The others looked at them curiously, not knowing what star this is coming to Rong.

Chu Zhongtian ignored the enthusiastic fans and walked straight to his father, then put down his luggage and gave him a powerful hug.

"Hey……"

Chu Zuosheng was so hugged that he grinned—his son was too hard.

"I haven't seen you for three years, are you darker than before?" Then the father looked at his son carefully. "I've been a little thinner, black and thin. Your mother will definitely feel heartbroken when she sees it."

Chu Zhongtian giggled and couldn't say anything else.

Some of the fans around him took the lead and shouted: "Chu Zhongtian! Chu Zhongtian!"

Everyone shouted, "Chu Zhongtian!! Chu Zhongtian!! Chu Zhongtian!! Good, Chu Zhongtian!"

The two turned their heads to look at the enthusiastic fans. The girls who had already prepared for this time came forward to offer flowers. Those who were bold enough to hug Chu Zhongtian, which made Chu Zhongtian, a foreigner who had been baptized by Emily, could not handle it.

The reporters and fans pressed the shutter of the camera in their hands, and some people rushed to take a photo with Chu Zhongtian.

Chu Zuosheng was squeezed aside instead. He was both proud and worried when he saw his son so popular. Of course, pride was because his son was promising. What he was worried about was that he was well-known and naturally had more worries... I hope their peaceful life would not be beaten too much...

While these fans expressed their admiration for Chu Zhongtian, the reporters also came up to join in the fun. They extended their mobile phones, recorders and microphones to Chu Zhongtian, scrambling to throw their own questions.

"How is it like going home, Chu Zhongtian?"

"I heard that you signed with Chelsea, Chu Zhongtian, can you reveal some specific details? For example, how to solve the labor certificate?"

"Do you feel regretful if you are not on the Chinese national team in this Asian Cup..."

"Will you talk about your treatment at Chelsea?"

"Do you have anything to say to fellow Chengdu people?"

This scene is similar to the scene he just became famous in the FA Cup, but it was just changed to English to Sichuan dialect. Chu Zhongtian responded calmly, and he answered questions raised by reporters one by one. Of course, if he was too mentally retarded, he would not answer. For example, the question "Do you feel regretful if you don't have you on the Asian Cup Chinese team's roster?" Chu Zhongtian felt that he was not qualified to feel regretful...

In the end, Gao Jie led Chu Zhongtian and his son to break out of the encirclement, headed straight to the parking lot, then got in the car and closed the door, and then honked the horn and left.

"Dad, who is this?" Chu Zhongtian got in the car and found out that he didn't know the driver.

"Oh, let me introduce you..." Chu Zuosheng remembered that he forgot to introduce him.

Gao Jie, who was driving the car, suddenly turned around and smiled at Chu Zhongtian, saying, "My name is Gao Jie, I am a reporter from Xichuan Metropolis Daily. I am very happy to see you. Chu Zhongtian, your father and I are old acquaintances."
To be continued...